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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Kizimani

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 263150550
OR · NTEE Q30
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Miriam Won, Executive Director / CEO ($38,220) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 124 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 45th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Miriam Won — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

124 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 124 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,026 total compensation of comparable organizations → $200,357 $38,220
$7,19410th
$24,16025th
$44,933Median
$72,19975th
$93,33290th
$38,220This org · 45th
p10$7,194
p25$24,160
p50$44,933
p75$72,199
p90$93,332
$38,220

Comparable organizations

Each figure is Form 990 Part VII columns D + F (reportable pay plus other compensation and benefits; column F may include amounts from related organizations), normalized to OR cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.

OrganizationStateRevenueMatched titleComp
(reported)
Comp
(adjusted)
FY
Rooted Wisdom Africa CO$254,549 Executive Dir. $74,167 $76,581 2024
Elevate Nepal Inc AZ$255,218 Officer $61,836 $64,038 2024
Hope 4 Women International IA$245,988 President Ceo $14,256 $17,305 2023
Equip Mozambique MO$245,928 Executive Director $47,000 $55,188 2023
Haiti Reforestation Partnership VA$245,911 Executive Dir. $44,000 $45,748 2024
Neighbors To Nicaragua DE$257,053 Country Dire $6,500 $7,056 2023
Street Child Us DC$244,041 Ceo & Chair $17,928 $17,442 2023
Ret Americas Inc DC$243,914 V.p. & Managing Director $22,916 $21,654 2024
With You International MI$257,591 Founder And Ceo $33,260 $36,967 2024
Andes-amazon Conservancy AZ$241,355 President $31,250 $32,363 2024
Uweza Aid Foundation NY$239,410 Executive Director $49,111 $47,787 2024
Friends Of Ostomates Worldwide - Usa Inc KY$262,040 Contactor $13,000 $14,652 2025
Companion Community Development IN$262,203 Executive Di $55,567 $63,100 2024
Dream For Nations Incorporated MD$237,735 President $89,156 $89,756 2024
Shamsaha Womens Center Corp IN$237,702 Director $930 $1,056 2024
Childrens Rescue Mission Inc CT$263,676 President $72,000 $74,842 2023
Indifly Incorporated MN$265,285 Executive Director $75,000 $82,159 2023
Goodjustice SC$235,444 President $40,500 $46,841 2023
World Federation Of Free Latvians MD$266,852 Secretary General $38,256 $38,513 2024
Sakala International ME$232,834 Executive Director Board Member $3,300 $3,558 2024
Violet Organization NJ$268,628 President $35,500 $34,131 2024
Face Africa International Inc MA$269,111 Founder Ceo $37,000 $36,861 2023
Global Learning Exchange Initiative MO$269,255 Executive Director $60,000 $70,452 2023
Studio Samuel Foundation Inc NC$231,084 Founder/executive Director $81,343 $93,180 2023
Hope4burundi TX$228,065 President & Ceo $25,000 $27,724 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OR cost of living and 2024 dollars. Click any organization to verify the figure on ProPublica.

Methodology

Comparable organizations were drawn from electronically filed IRS Form 990 returns and matched on sector (NTEE code), budget (a size-adaptive revenue band that tightens as the organization grows), and geography (same-state first, broadening only when too few peers qualify); every organization within the band forms the peer set. To compare fairly across regions and years, peer compensation is normalized to OR cost of living (BEA Regional Price Parities, 2023) and to the subject's filing year (CPI-U). The figure benchmarked is Form 990 Part VII, Section A, columns D + F — reportable pay plus other compensation, benefits, and deferred amounts (column F may include amounts from related organizations) — with the chief executive matched by role. Related-organization amounts (column E) and institutional trustees are excluded. Full methodology: peerbasis.org/methodology.

Sample, role match & sensitivity

Sensitivity — the subject's percentile under alternative compensation definitions:

BasisSubject percentile
Total compensation (D + F), cost-of-living + inflation adjusted — the PeerBasis default45th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)47th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted48th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted43rd

If the percentile moves materially across these definitions, the result is sensitive to methodology choices, and the board should weigh which basis best fits its facts.

Rebuttable presumption of reasonableness · 26 CFR 53.4958-6

Compensation paid by a tax-exempt organization is presumed reasonable — shifting the burden to the IRS — when three requirements are met. This report supplies the comparability data for the second. The board should record the following in its minutes concurrently with its decision:

Draft board minutes — executive compensation

  1. The compensation of the Executive Director / CEO (Miriam Won) was approved in advance by [the Board / Compensation Committee], composed of members with no conflict of interest with respect to the arrangement.
  2. Prior to its determination, the authorized body obtained and relied upon appropriate comparability data, namely the PeerBasis Compensation Comparability Determination dated June 9, 2026, comparing compensation against 124 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (Q30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $38,220 is reasonable (approximately the 45th percentile of comparable organizations) and documented the basis for this determination concurrently, on [date], by a vote of [__ for / __ against].

Sources: IRS Form 990 e-file data (apps.irs.gov); IRS Business Master File (NTEE classification). Every figure traces to an original public filing — click any organization above to verify it on ProPublica. PeerBasis is a service of Prismind Analytics; its methodology is published, was commissioned for independent adversarial review, and discloses its own limitations. This report is comparability data to support a board's good-faith determination under IRC 4958; it is not legal or tax advice. Generated by PeerBasis on June 9, 2026.